Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2007(4) KHC 774
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CW-2007-0031Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaJudgment 5 November 2007
Venjaramoodu Police Head Constable vs State of Kerala
The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Head Constable of Venjaramoodu Police Station demanded Rs.500 from an accused in Crime No.17/99 for deleting his name from the accused array, and accepted Rs.300 in phenolphthalein-smeared notes in a VACB trap on 10 March 1999. The Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the PC Act. The Kerala High Court dismissed his appeal on 5 November 2007, holding the demand and knowing acceptance proved through the complainant's admissions and independent trap witnesses. The Supreme Court dismissed his further appeal on 13 August 2015, holding the High Court's confirmation of the 1-year concurrent sentences suffered no infirmity.
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By judgment dated 5 November 2007 in Crl.A. No. 446 of 2005, the Kerala High Court (Coram: V. Ramkumar, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Venjaramoodu Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Register number
- KL 01 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 446 of 2005 / 2007(4) KHC 774
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: V. Ramkumar, J.), 5 November 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Venjaramoodu Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Thus, the High Court concluded that there was sufficient material on record to show that the appellant was receiving illegal gratification pursuant to a demand made in that regard and that the learned Special Judge had not committed any error …” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Kerala High Court judgment dated 5 November 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Thus, the High Court concluded that there was sufficient material on record to show that the appellant was receiving illegal gratification pursuant to a demand made in that regard and that the learned Special Judge had not committed any error …” (para 10)
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Institutional response
5 Nov 2007
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 2007(4) KHC 774
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.